Groom Gives Rad Gift to Bride

Remember the Vegas pirate ship wedding I went to back in September?  The bride Marisa told me the sweetest story behind the wedding gift her groom Steve gave her.  It is a custom-made piece of artwork. I will show it to you first, then give the backstory.

From Marisa:

When Steve and I were driving cross country, we stopped for lunch at a little restaurant in Knoxville that had this amazing/weird/funky/trippy artwork in it.  It really stood out in our minds, and when we were in Asheville months later we happened to see the artwork at a festival, and we met the artist.  We bought a couple small paintings and she gave us really cool back-stories to the inspiration behind them.  

Well, fast forward to months later...  Steve commissioned Julie (the artist) to make me a custom painting of our very own... Of us!  He gave her a picture of us (one from  an 80's prom party we went to years ago) and a picture of our cat Bosco.  Since we got married in Vegas, of course that had to be the backdrop.  It's got all sorts of inside jokes in it which makes it that much cooler! I am in love with it :)

Want to commission Julie Armbruster for your wedding art needs? Here's her website:  http://www.juliearmbruster.net/

She did the coolest series of paintings for a couple named Sarah and Keith.  She made a total of ten paintings for them, each representing a moment in their relationship, leading up to their engagement on election night.  Check it out:

Thanks so much to Marisa and Steve for sharing their beautiful artwork!